It’s been quite a journey for Conor McGregor and amongst all the bravado it was quite touching to see him recognise his rise out of poverty to fighting on the big stage. I don’t know what the F’s going on, to be honest.” And now here I am, with like 60 G’s bonus and then my own pay. I was collecting 188 Euro a week off the social welfare. I’m going to end up in debt pretty fast.”ĭisplaying some rare vulnerability in his admission that he needs the money, McGregor also exhibited the desire and force of will that has made him the biggest star MMA has ever seen. This solid gold pocket watch, three people died making this watch. This one also could have come straight out of the mouth of Floyd Mayweather. I’m doing one of them right now and on Saturday night, I’m doing the other.”Īhead of his bout with then fellow prospect Max Holloway, McGregor was stirring up a media storm, offering the journalists present quotable after quotable. “There’s two things I really like to do and that’s whoop ass and look good. With much being made over the natural weight difference between McGregor and Nate Diaz, the Irishman dismissed it as a factor whilst also managing to brag about the size of the purses he was taking home.Ĥ. “The only weight I give a fuck about is the weight of the cheques and my cheques are super-heavyweight.” Looking back, I should have just pulled my knee from my leg and hit him with it.”įollowing a dominant unanimous decision win over now UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway, McGregor was harsh on his performance and frustrated at the injury he picked up but left us a great McGregorism to remember. I just went with what was comfortable, and what was comfortable was getting the motherfucker to the ground. “My knee popped, but fuck it, it is what it is. With rumours circling about a fight between the two athletes, the MMA superstar did nothing quell the talk, instead he frothed at the mouth of the idea of a record pay day.
“If you’re asking would I like to fight Floyd Mayweather - I mean, who would not like to dance around the ring for $180 million?” These are Conor McGregor’s most memorable moments on the microphone.ġ.
Even more impressive is that he’s backed those words up with his skill inside the Octagon. One of the greatest talkers sport has seen since Muhammad Ali, McGregor is a brilliant salesman and has talked himself into fight after fight. He disparages other fighters – sometimes even whole sports – and never fails to flaunt his opulent wealth or his grand position within MMA, a lofty stature no other fighter has came close to. Whether it’s a press conference or a post-fight interview, McGregor talks for a reaction and he always gets one. When you give Conor McGregor a microphone anything can happen.
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